On April 21, the board agreed to set public hearings for four proposed local laws: a battery energy storage system moratorium, the codification of the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission’s involvement in future development decisions, amendments to town rules for building in environmentally sensitive areas, and Accessory Dwelling Unit zoning.
The tax-levy increase is up 3.42 percent, which is under the state-set limit, requiring a simple majority to pass. Guilderland gets about two-thirds of its funds from local property taxes.
One of her goals in writing the book, Bakst said, is for people who are not Jewish to read it. “People may have a picture, a fairly stereotypical picture of what a Jewish person is,” she said, “and there’s a whole range of the way it’s expressed.”
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